The following are the 10 most-read articles from Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of Sept. 26, starting with the most popular.
1. UW Medical Center’s Legionnaires’ outbreak continues — 5th patient infected
2. All 9 heater-cooler devices at UW Medical Center test positive for Legionella: 6 things to know
4. Missed pre-cleaning steps leaves 267 VA patients at risk for infection from scope
5. Nearly 800 infected in Ohio diarrheal disease outbreak
6. York Hospital identifies 4 more patients infected from heater-cooler devices
7. Virginia Mason regains full Joint Commission accreditation
8. Study: Risk of patient identification errors ‘ever present’
9. 6 things to know about flu vaccines — efficacy, supply and more
10. 50 hospitals with the lowest heart failure mortality rates
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